--- title: "1 Comedy Doing Quotes By Jimmy Dore" description: "1 Comedy Doing quotes by Jimmy Dore. Plus more from Jimmy Dore and more Comedy Doing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/jimmy-dore-15624_authority_if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-f_1320398.jpg" --- > [If you're using comedy to shame people for getting informed and questioning authority, you're not doing comedy, you're doing propaganda, 'cause comedy is supposed to poke holes in the status quo and challenge authority and question authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-for-getting-informed-and/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/jimmy-dore-15624_authority_if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-f_1320398.jpg) ## More by Jimmy Dore > [I watch C-SPAN for fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/i-watch-c-span-for-fun/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [I do not believe COVID-19 restrictions are a conspiracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/i-do-not-believe-covid-19-restrictions-are-a-conspiracy/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [There's already an IRS - why didn't the IRS get him for tax fraud? There's already an SEC and whoever else, why didn't they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/there-s-already-an-irs-why-didn-t-the-irs-get-him-for-tax-fraud-there/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [Lockdowns are not tyrannical - closing down people's businesses as a matter of policy without providing workers financial relief is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/lockdowns-are-not-tyrannical-closing-down-people-s-businesses-as-a/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [Joe Biden not only voted for the Iraq war, he shamed Democrats who weren't supporting it. He was a vocal supporter of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/joe-biden-not-only-voted-for-the-iraq-war-he-shamed-democrats-who/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [My concern about lockdowns are shared with the World Health Organization about the effects of lockdowns on working people and economically vulnerable people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/my-concern-about-lockdowns-are-shared-with-the-world-health/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [It's all signals, but there's no substance. We're signaling that we want to help the minority community, but we're not actually helping them. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/it-s-all-signals-but-there-s-no-substance-we-re-signaling-that-we/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [It's funny to see how ridiculous the fourth estate is and how horrible the media is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/it-s-funny-to-see-how-ridiculous-the-fourth-estate-is-and-how/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [Rachel Maddow calls herself a nerd. You're not a nerd. You're smart, you have your own TV show and you're a lesbian. That's everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/rachel-maddow-calls-herself-a-nerd-you-re-not-a-nerd-you-re-smart-you/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [When you're elected to congress, they tell you that you're going to spend 4-hours a day talking to rich people to get more money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/when-you-re-elected-to-congress-they-tell-you-that-you-re-going-to/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [If you put a special prosecutor on anybody in Washington D.C., they're going to find crimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/if-you-put-a-special-prosecutor-on-anybody-in-washington-d-c-they-re/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [I think it was such shame that Jon Stewart wasted his moment of having the country's ear and pretending that if everybody just calms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/i-think-it-was-such-shame-that-jon-stewart-wasted-his-moment-of/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [That's what Bernie Sanders has turned into, a late night talk show host who's completely ineffective as a Senator, and tweets out platitudes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/that-s-what-bernie-sanders-has-turned-into-a-late-night-talk-show/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [I don't preach division. I preach unity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/i-don-t-preach-division-i-preach-unity/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) > [You know, one thing John Kerry is right about is Trump's foreign policy is kind of incoherent but Joe Biden, his entire career has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/you-know-one-thing-john-kerry-is-right-about-is-trump-s-foreign/) [Jimmy Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-dore/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy-doing/jimmy-dore/#itemlist", "name": "1 Comedy Doing Quotes By Jimmy Dore", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're using comedy to shame people for getting informed and questioning authority, you're not doing comedy, you're doing propaganda, 'cause comedy is supposed to poke holes in the status quo and challenge authority and question authority.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jimmy Dore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-dore/if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-for-getting-informed-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/jimmy-dore-15624_authority_if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-f_1320398.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/jimmy-dore-15624_authority_if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-f_1320398.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/jimmy-dore-15624_authority_if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-f_1320398.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're using comedy to shame people for getting informed and questioning authority, you're not doing…” — Jimmy Dore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy-doing/jimmy-dore/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy-doing/jimmy-dore/", "name": "Comedy Doing Quotes by Jimmy Dore", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy-doing/jimmy-dore/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/jimmy-dore-15624_authority_if-you-re-using-comedy-to-shame-people-f_1320398.jpg" }, "description": "1 Comedy Doing quotes by Jimmy Dore. 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